Comments on: A.J. Burnett exits start in the fifth inning with groin sorenesshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/04/11/a-j-burnett-exits-start-in-the-fifth-inning-with-potential-injury/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:23:29 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: steelerfan9598http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/04/11/a-j-burnett-exits-start-in-the-fifth-inning-with-potential-injury/#comment-685828
Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:26:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685828Agreed
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Sun, 13 Apr 2014 01:19:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685754phils suck
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Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:27:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685729The Pirates’ “leverage” over Burnett is well known. If they had made him a 1/$14.1m offer, he probably would have taken it. They thought they could get on the cheap. They thought wrong.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:47:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685590I wouldn’t say he ‘screwed over’ the Pirates but, he did lead them to believe they had more leverage when he said he would come back to Pittsburgh or retire. Had he not said that and given them a false sense of certainty that they had some room to negotiate a reasonable salary, I believe they would have made a qualifying offer which would have ‘screwed’ him since signing him would have cost the Phillies a draft pick and probably wouldn’t have happened. And he would be on a one year deal now instead of two. So, basically, he lied then he was able to fleece the Phillies due to injury. The Pirates aren’t on the hook for his bloated salary so, they have plenty of room to add players via trade as the season goes on.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:48:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685455They had two outfielders reaching free agency; they decided they could only afford one. They signed Andy Van Slyke and let Barry Bonds go.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:44:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685435So what did the Pirates do to trigger that 20-year losing streak? Must have been something really bad to result in that much bad karma.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:14:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685428“Groin strain” + “screw someone else over” = heh heh heh + ouch ouch ouch
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:44:24 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685424Karma bites back for Burnett screwing over the Pirates. Though since he gets paid anyway it’s really karma biting Amaro and the Phillies for the ?? time (I’ve lost count).
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:21:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685418Cue Historiophiliac’s schoolgirlish snickering about groin jokes…
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 01:42:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685404Are there any other million year old ballplayers they can replace him with?
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Sat, 12 Apr 2014 01:09:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=517676#comment-685393Worst case, even if he is hurt they have a healthy Pettibone and Adams coming back. And they just got Seth Rosin back not to mention Hamels hopefully in a couple weeks so the pitching depth won’t be completely hurt.
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